Post subject: Re: Space to post things that do not go with any other topic

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:17 pm

Dead by dawn

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daisychain wrote:

SMH. I really need to start throwing things out. I've found payslips from 13 years ago.

My mom does move management, mostly for seniors who are moving out of their homes and into assisted living. She packed a man who'd saved every paystub he'd received in his entire career, so there were paystubs dating back to the early 50's, all filed neatly in boxes. He wasn't a hoarder or anything, just very... thorough. Also every tax return he'd ever filed.

Post subject: Re: Space to post things that do not go with any other topic

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:07 pm

Prefers Jar Jar Binks over Han Solo

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The raspberry blackout cake went well. It didn't raise as much as I expected, so I only got one layer, and covered it with the ganache from the sacher torte, which is the trickiest thing ever and you just need one minute too little or one minute too much to screw it up. I was one minute too little, so it spread, but remained sticky. It was appreciated anyway, even by the parents, and meeting them for the first time went all right actually.And eveyone loved my guacamole and the soft polenta, so overall the party was a success!

Now I'm dead tired and have no skin on my fingers (went bouldering), but I'm having a beer and cashews while my bf is also internetting next to me, this is quite nice actually :)

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Post subject: Re: Space to post things that do not go with any other topic

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:31 pm

Moving To Sheepshead Bay

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I just went from being really hungry after reading Anek's post to being very not hungry after reading GCZ's post.

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Molly has a wee new wing feather peeping out. Going to need to do the snippy snip soon.

Why won't she just behave? Then I don't have to feel guilty for removing her ability to fly? It's not like I'm asking her to not do bird things--the tiel does bird things all over the house, often inconvenient, but we deal with it so she can do happy bird things.

Molly turns into a total crasshole when she can fly. She goes on a massive ego power trip, like Napoleon, and wants to wage war on entire continents, only without the cold Russian winters to slow her down.

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Post subject: Re: Space to post things that do not go with any other topic

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:17 pm

Moving To Sheepshead Bay

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Ugh, I had beers and texted ye old crush and he was a little stand off-ish so I said that he seemed like he didn't want to hang out anymore and if that's the case then I'm sorry for bothering him and of course he hasn't texted me back because who WOULD and ugh.

Except he doesn't and he's been so rude, really, so why not call him out on it?

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Post subject: Re: Space to post things that do not go with any other topic

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:52 am

Moving To Sheepshead Bay

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I bought some Woodchuck Winter cider tonight and it's either still sitting in my friends car or I left it at the store. I really hope it's in my friends car.

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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:09 am

Moving To Sheepshead Bay

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My big problem is getting there. I'd have to walk to the store (and it's snow/freezing cold). But fear not! My friend showed up at my door with my beer in hand.

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Post subject: Re: Space to post things that do not go with any other topic

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:29 am

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monkeytoes wrote:

My crazyawesomebrave friend R flew to Chile yesterday to attempt to become the latest on a very short list of people (13th, I think?) to swim the Strait of Magellan under English Channel rules (skin... as in no wetsuit, just non-thermal textile swim shorts and a non-neoprene cap.) He's trained for two years for this swim. He should be aboard a Chilean Navy vessel by now. Jump window opens on Friday and lasts for seven days; he'll start his swim when the support crew deems the conditions as close to optimal as they're likely to get. I am simultaneously in awe, super excited for him, and scared as hell. And cold just thinking about it!

I know no one really cares, but he made it! 37F water, 16 knot currents, 103 minutes crossing, Lard only knows how many calories burned keeping warm...

I want to go shout at my boss "HEATING! IT'S CALLED HEATING, forking TURN IT UP!" But I will go make a cup of tea instead.

Being cold is the worst! And English houses are always so forking cold. That's why you lot drink so much tea, right?! (Vaguely joking, my dad is English and I seem to have caught the always-cold genes from him).

I am not usually a whiner about body discomforts but when I'm cold, I am so cranky. I would rather sleep on the carpet next to the radiator than freeze in my boyfriend's preferred window-open-in-the-winter madness. It's ironic, because he grew up in Southern California, and I grew up on the freezing prairies of Canada.

Post subject: Re: Space to post things that do not go with any other topic

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:46 am

Dead by dawn

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vijita wrote:

baps wrote:

I am freezing and it's really starting to peas me off.

I want to go shout at my boss "HEATING! IT'S CALLED HEATING, forking TURN IT UP!" But I will go make a cup of tea instead.

Being cold is the worst! And English houses are always so forking cold. That's why you lot drink so much tea, right?! (Vaguely joking, my dad is English and I seem to have caught the always-cold genes from him).

I am not usually a whiner about body discomforts but when I'm cold, I am so cranky. I would rather sleep on the carpet next to the radiator than freeze in my boyfriend's preferred window-open-in-the-winter madness. It's ironic, because he grew up in Southern California, and I grew up on the freezing prairies of Canada.

I hope you can warm up!

Haha, I hate being cold inside but my house gets so warm that I actually do have the bedroom window cracked a bit even in winter.

My work is the worst. I shouldn't need three sweaters and fingerless gloves. I work for a multi-billion dollar corporation; they should be able to afford climate control!

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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:01 pm

Just Loathin' Around!

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monkeytoes wrote:

monkeytoes wrote:

My crazyawesomebrave friend R flew to Chile yesterday to attempt to become the latest on a very short list of people (13th, I think?) to swim the Strait of Magellan under English Channel rules (skin... as in no wetsuit, just non-thermal textile swim shorts and a non-neoprene cap.) He's trained for two years for this swim. He should be aboard a Chilean Navy vessel by now. Jump window opens on Friday and lasts for seven days; he'll start his swim when the support crew deems the conditions as close to optimal as they're likely to get. I am simultaneously in awe, super excited for him, and scared as hell. And cold just thinking about it!

I know no one really cares, but he made it! 37F water, 16 knot currents, 103 minutes crossing, Lard only knows how many calories burned keeping warm...

My crazyawesomebrave friend R flew to Chile yesterday to attempt to become the latest on a very short list of people (13th, I think?) to swim the Strait of Magellan under English Channel rules (skin... as in no wetsuit, just non-thermal textile swim shorts and a non-neoprene cap.) He's trained for two years for this swim. He should be aboard a Chilean Navy vessel by now. Jump window opens on Friday and lasts for seven days; he'll start his swim when the support crew deems the conditions as close to optimal as they're likely to get. I am simultaneously in awe, super excited for him, and scared as hell. And cold just thinking about it!

I know no one really cares, but he made it! 37F water, 16 knot currents, 103 minutes crossing, Lard only knows how many calories burned keeping warm...

hell yeah.

That is crazy awesome!!

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